Karelia - region, popular with active tourists. In addition to alloy on fast mountain rivers, fishing and skiing, this land offers many hidden natural attractions. These are ancient petroglyphs, and seasonal waterfalls and ancient volcano Girvas. Karelia takes guests round year. In this article we will tell only about the same sight of the edge - the Volcano Girvas. It may seem strange, but it was discovered only in the sixties of the last century. How is this possible? Is it really impossible to "notice" the volcano before? We also tell about the history of the opening of this article. On how to get to, where to stay and when it is better to go to the edge of rivers and lakes, read below.
Strange volcano
Girvas (Karelia) showed its activity three billion years ago. Then, in nine hundred million years, he woke up again, after which it is finally ground. Natural factors - winds, rains, glaciation - almost completely destroyed Zhero and Crater. In the updated relief on the top of the once powerful firewood mountain rivers flowed. And in the sixties of the twentieth century, on one of the flows, people decided to build a hydroelectric power station. Sun from this fell. So the ancient volcano denounced. He was called Girvas in the village of the same name, which is located nearby on the other side of the river. And the village takes her name from the Karelian word Hirvas.
Girvas (Karelia): how to get
Nearest to the volcano and settlement railroad station - Kondopoga - located fifty kilometers. Therefore, to this natural attraction of Karelia, it is more convenient to sew vehicles. Start your way follows from the capital of the region, the city of Petrozavodsk. You need to move by the autobahn P21, which in the people called the Kola's track, towards Murmansk. Seeing the pointer to the village of Girvas, should be collapsed from the road. The most difficult to navigate in the village itself. So, we visit the village of Girvas (Karelia), we get to his not very busy center (there are shops) and we turn to the left. When the village's houses become behind, the bridge will seem through the Suna River and the notorious Palhozer hydroelectric station, due to which the volcano was discovered. We move to another shore. Parking on the left, and on the right - our attraction.
What does Girvas look like (Karelia)
The photo represents us a picture, in the root different from the one that draws an imagination with the word "volcano". There is no mountain, nor the crater, ne all, the smoke from the train. But scientists determined that Girvas refers to the Icelandic type of volcanic activity. For his long history (more than three billion years old), the Mountain has repeatedly worked out the flame, missed the "bombs" and pouring the neighborhood by lava flows. Nature pretty tried to erase with the face of the earth any reminder of the volcano. But, thanks to the drone bed, the Suna, still visible a semi-meter member magmatic "language". And the lava field, according to research, extends to a thousand square kilometers. The shore of Suna is a few terraces created by frozen magma. In the depths, "unexploded bombs" - emissions of the volcano at the time of its activity. These stone balls are hollow.
Other sights
Not far from the village of Girvas (Karelia) is a river threshold of the Pokor. This is also a tourism object. In the village itself, you can see the recently opened Orthodox Church of the Panteleimon Martyr. Forests near Girvas are unusually rich in mushrooms. All reviews say that best time Shut off the sight - Golden autumn. First, on the rivers of Karelia at this time the integrity is the lowest seasonal water level. And secondly, you can see how they open the dam in order to free the tank in the Worthy Suna. The resulting waterfall, albeit man-made origin, is very beautiful.
Girvas through the eyes of a specialist
Numerous excursions are sent to the volcano and artificial flow at the HPP. And while ordinary tourists admire the pine forest, they jump on the revealed lava terraces, the specialist can discover a lot of interesting things for himself. After all, Girvas (Karelia) is the most ancient found paleowclical. His area is truly huge (about a thousand square kilometers). It extends from the village of Girvas to Statnavolok. Volcanic rocks of different eruptions moved with sedimentary formations. Near the Paint-Celebration HPP can be seen a voro and a tube of an explosion of one of the lateral cones. Lava streams reach a thickness of several hundred meters. In their texture, it is often possible to find their shell consists of frozen lava, and there is gas inside. Scientists know that a twenty-fifty-meter crater stretched to the northeast. The most ancient of the found paleovalkanov (his visible part) is located in a very beautiful area, where the picturesque river Suna flows among the pine bors.
Even if you are indifferent to volcanology, you still have to visit Girvas (Karelia). It should be borne in mind that people from the village of the same name are trying to accomplish the natural attractions. They can declare that parking is paid or (if you left the car in the distance and came on foot) that the transition through the bridge is worth the money. Believe it is not necessary. Tourists urge to stop attempts to accompany the gullibility of people. After all, the nature of Russia is the herist of her people.
In Girvas. Let's continue our trip to Karelia together.
As I said, the journey through Karelia is impressive in every sense. Rocks along the roads, thin high "pines-" matches " , Rivers with fluffy green shores - "edges", following one after another, only the names of time to read, the lake mirrors are small and large and the mass of new incomprehensible names melting riddles. Such as Girvas, for example.
Girvas is a small village in Kondopogsky district with a population of just over a thousand people. He is famous for three objects - volcano, canyon and sometime big waterfallFrom which the streams remained now. All these attractions are nearby, which is very convenient.
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Furious volcano in Girvas - the most ancient sight Karelia. it very attractive place for tourists and travelers, and I will show you why.
The Girls Canyon of the Suna River is a unique geological object of Russia, a monument that scientists study where expeditions go.However, science science, and the canyon and volcano are amazingly beautiful objects. I have never seen this before - the frozen lava of deep gray-blue color, blue pearl water in the crater and all this is surrounded by a pine, from which the thick aroma of needles is in the air. Where else will you see?!
From a trip to Girvas, it seems to me that my deeper acquaintance began with Karelia. I learned that Karelia is not only rivers, lakes and rocks. Karelia is and waterfalls (and not only kivach!), And volcanoes, and canyons. Yes, yes, sometime on the Suna River, in addition to Kivach, there were waterfalls of Girvas and a porog-threshold. And both much more and more effectively kivach. What destroyed the two of these beauties? Everything is simple and sad. Remember - Plan Goello, electrification of the whole country, a large-scale draft of the Soviet era? Here is the creation on the river Suna HPP and was part of this project. And even though he gave electricity to cities and villages, but he wondered on the root two unique natural monuments. Dams were built on Sin, the water was allowed into another channel, there were no waterfalls.
But we didn't know anything when we went to Girvas to watch dormant volcano and canyon. Our perception was not tinted with knowledge and was clear and enthusiastic, like a child. Nothing did not know anything, even where these attractions are located, how to drive to them, which is located in the vicinity, what kind of story costs them ... maybe it is necessary to travel to feel real travelers?
Today I invite you to ride to Girvas with us, see dams, canyon, rods left from powerful waterfall and crater ancient volcano Nor a lot of about 2 billion years old.
On the way to Girvas
Amazing still places in Karelia! Numerous villages and villages stand on the lakes shore.
For example, the village of Spasskaya Luba, located along the shore of Lake Mosanoero.It is impossible to look!
P15 goes along the whole chain of large lakes and past several settlements. Finally, we get to the Sura River, from which to the Girvas to give a hand.
Dams on the Suna River
Total on the Suna River wetwo dams saw: one - a little uncomfortable to Girvas, the second - at the volcano.
Not knowing that this place is noteworthy, we first slipped the bridge, but they turned around and returned back. Nature itself stopped us! Well, how to drive by, when such beauty opened from the bridge?!
with incomprehensible constructions on wheels ...
The fact that there is a serious restraining element between the lake and the river, it became clear when Kostya came down from the road down the steep trail.
That's what he saw.
These powerful shutters are constrained by Suna water pressure.
Having crushed Sun for the dam.
After a few kilometers from here, there was once a waterfall of a pass-threshold. Now, looking at the empty channel, it becomes clear that the waterfall just takes not something from anything.
But on the other side of the river in full glory. All this mass of water is constrained by the dam.
All looked, went further.
In the village of Girvas, I had to shake a little. They asked one woman the road, she wouldingly told us where to go. But as a result, we turned before the laid and drank. I had to stop and ask again. This time a man. A peasant, smiling, pretty grinned (like, well, and brought you, citizens, for our humble landmarks), and explained how to drive to the volcano.
In principle, we initially moved correctly. Having arrived in the village, intuitively turned off the road left and drove straight, past the pretty one-storey houses. Thus, it was necessary to go down to the most bridge.
Behind the bridge, to the left of the road, huge parking. There you have to leave the car, move the road and go to the forest in the forest ... In search of the adventures of the volcano.
From the first attempt, we simply did not reach the bridge. So got lost.
The bridge, as you understand, also turned out to be not simple. Another dam.
Sickle and hammer remind that the HPP was built in the distant Soviet years. You can even say that at their dawn.
In the distance, for the dam, the building of the HPP is visible.
Solid facilities. But we just came to him.
Canyon of the Suna River.
We must pay tribute, we were very lucky - we arrived successfully. In previous days it cost without rains. The earth was very dry. Here it is fundamentally. You yourself will see why. And it was also absolutely reliable and very clean. Maybe just "high season" in Karelia has not yet begun? I heard that now, in July, for the passage to the canyon and the volcano take 100 rubles. And that people complain about the presence of garbage. I would surely believe that the entrance is now paid. As you can see, the fence is available. I can easily submit a cashier person at the Bero. However, if it somehow contributes to looking for cleanliness and order, let it be so. Nature monuments must be protected.
We go into the forest and put along the path.
"I look in blue lakes," and heart freezes.
Silence and cleanliness met us in this romantic place.
Girls Canyon - True Karelia.
After we switched the bridge, the road became cool.
With dadget, we climb together upwards. There, on, extreme will be more. We include increased attention and keep the child all the time by the hand.
Bridge behind ...
We came to the volcano, we must now go down to him.
And we choose from here up. I can not imagine how to walk when dumping. And without it, legs go to dry pine needles and smooth earth. I won't lie, I got out of here almost on all fours. Maybe the sneakers are not suitable, slippery. But the fact is a fact. As Lena Usnova says: "I remembered all your diagnoses," until I climbed. :)
Karelia - country of lakes and rivers. The place of calm and silence. Not accepted about volcanoes here. There are no them here in the usual view. Yes, and earthquakes do not happen. But still one volcano in Karelia deserves attention - volcano Girls. Without panic - the volcano has long been going out and no danger. This is perhaps the most ancient landmark. Karelia.
Ancient volcano Girvas in Karelia is one of the most beautiful attractions. Photo - Ilya Danilov.
Route "Cola", she is "Murmanca." 100 km from Petrozavodsk to the north. Kondopogsky district, turn left to the village of Girvas and on the road kilometers five. The usual, typical Karelia. Only here, among these ordinary Karelian pines, an amazing natural landmark is hidden. Ancient Volcano Girls and Waterfall, in power and strength exceeding the famous Kivach. And if on the volcano you can watch all the wrong time of the year, then the waterfall reveals its secret only once a year. However, about everything in order.
He lived so long that even imagine is difficult - 3-1.5 billion years ago. He was acting, it was silent, and in parallel with this formed a local landscape, overlapping his lava flows to an even more ancient basis. And today, the Volcano Girvas surround the laure layers, the thickness of which is about a hundred meters. In the canyon, all this, by the way, can be seen. For example, Zherlo, an explosion tube and a side slope of the left cone. Zherlo Volcano, stretched out to the northeast. Well, Lava herself spread at a thousand square meters. So the lava field is quite huge.
Photo of the ancient volcano Girvas in the early 20th century. Photo: Prokudin-Gorsky, Processing and Storage: B. Gochatsky, National Library of the United States.
- Unique in its beauty object. Here and frozen lava, and rocks, and sand dunes, and dense pine bours. In one place there were different epochs, different era. Itself antiquity is bordered by our world.
The more interesting is that the volcano was discovered not so long ago - in the 60s of the last century, when the construction of a hydroelectric power station began here. In the process of construction, the water level in the river decreased significantly, an amazing canyon imagination opened.
Thanks to the Sun River. It is her waters falling on Kivache. She keeps a lot of secrets not only on the Poets of Waterfall. It is on Sin that there are two other once most famous Karelian Paduna - Girvas and Threshold.
Threshold in Karelia - one of 3 Waterfalls of the Suna River
Once these waterfalls were considered the pearls of the Olonets region. Two powerful flows fell from a height of 10 meters. Just below, the stream overcomed two more smaller thresholds. Total height The cascade was 15 meters.
But a man came and turned back the nature. In the 30s of the last century, two hydroelectric power plants were built on Sin - Condopoga and Paintozerskaya. The dam drained the old direction. Waterfall Girvas ceased to exist. Less became Kivach. People received electricity, Karelia lost the greatest natural aquatic monuments, gaining a new one in the form of a volcano.
But to change the old waterfall in Girvas New came - intended for planned reset of water. Yes, such that Kivach field of him seems to be funny. But the trouble - the famous Padun in Girvas comes to life no more than once a year - and then for a week or two, when the water in the reservoir rises especially high, and Paintizer's HPP does not cope with a powerful stream. At the same time, the inset threshold lies below the flow. Two weeks continues water rhost. And then again the waterfall falls asleep as a dragon from ancient fairy tales.
The author of these rows managed to visit the waterfall in the spring of 2016. Spectacle fantastic. Tons of water fall into the abyss. One threshold, the second threshold, the third threshold - no end of the elements. Many tourists specifically plan their trips to open the gateways of Paint-Send HPP. He managed the HPP with understanding belong to the desire of lovers to admire the waterfall and announce this sight in advance.
But today Girvas Famous not only volcano and waterfall. There is a summer off-road sport festival with the same name - "Girvas". Athletes on quad bikes, SUVs and homemade cars overcome first sand dunes, and then rocks and frozen lava of an ancient volcano. Fall, rise, overcome water obstacles, stones - in general, and sports and art.
And the Girvas chose the filmmakers. Two years ago, it was here that the new version of the legendary film "And the dawns here is quiet" was shot. Remember those moments when the foreman of Vaskov with his beautiful fighters of Fritz Karaulil? In film ancient volcano Girvas With its lava and stone threads are shown from all sides.
In recent years, the corresponding infrastructure has appeared here - there is parking, toilets, seats for garbage, benches and tables for Bivak. Today, the ancient volcano Girvas and the Waterfalls of the same name - rightfully carry the rank of one of the main natural monuments Karelia. In our company you can always order.
The text wrote Evgeny Beannikov, especially for the "Golden Ring of Karelia". In the material used photos of Alexander Shishov, Vitaly Tarakanova, Evgenia Belianchikova.
Karelia is famous for many rivers. Especially remarkable Beauty Sun, flowing in its central part. The river surprises its wayward character. Her calm areas, which can be considered lakes, are suddenly replaced by stealing thresholds and waterfalls, there are more than fifty here. It is on Sun that three once most famous Karelian Paduna - Girvas, Kivach and a Porog-threshold.
Once a waterfall of Girvas, like both of his "brother," was considered to be pearls by Olonets Gubernia. The cascade consisted of two powerful swirling, dropped from a height of more than 10 meters. Just below, the stream overcomed two more smaller thresholds. The total height of the cascade was 15 meters.
The surroundings of Girvas were very picturesque: the high walls of the rocks were framed in these places of the banks of the Suna River. Special beautiful views Opened from a small island in the form of a turtle, which was located on the plot of the first stage. Before it was very easy to reach, going a little duct.
Fragment of the waterfall of Girvas (old) in the photo of the famous Russian photographer S. M. Prokudin-Gorsky. 1916.
In the 30s of the last century, the construction of two hydroelectric power plants - Kondopogan and Paintozerskaya began on Sin. The crossing of the river was built a dam, which led to a practically complete drainage of the old river. Girvas stopped existing, turning into a waterfall that is not. By the way, because of the same dam Primella and Kivach.
Waterfall Girvas (old). Girvasy Dam and dry drone Suns.
However, sometimes the old waterfall Girvas wakes up. Unfortunately, it happens infrequently. The water-bridge is only in those years when water in the reservoir rises especially high and Palhosezer HPP does not cope with a powerful stream. Therefore, each such return is a real gift. To get it requires a fair fraction of luck, because the upcoming water supply is not pre-warned in advance. Only half an hour before him begins to loud siren, notifying everyone who is close to the old direction, about the moment of water.
At the same time, the inset threshold lies below the flow. Kivach becomes a little more powerful.
How did the Girvas appear? After the construction of the dam and the formation of the Girvasy reservoir, the channel was built to Paint-Channel. At the very end of this channel, Paint-Celebration HPP was built, and next to it - a dam with a gate for idling water reset. Water streams blurred the huge volcanic rock with sand and formed a new waterfall.
Waterfall Girvas new.
- Paint-Celebration HPP;
- Spillway;
- Pioneer channel;
- Elements of an ancient volcano;
- Parking for tourists, cafe, souvenir shop.
Today, they are increasingly forgotten about the old waterfall and Girvas are called the Picturesque hydroelectric power station. However, it is quite well deserved. New waterfall Girvas surpassed his grandfather in all indicators.
But there is one but ... Most The time of water closed and the waterfall is dry, which can be seen on the satellite image above.
When the valves are opening, the fascinating spectacle appears before admirement. A huge mass of water with roar rushes down, falling from several steps. The highest of them is about 15 meters, and the total height difference reaches almost 30 meters. Compared with this cascade, the famous Kivach seems to be a small threshold. The grand phenomenon is particularly well observed with a cliff that stretches down, along the whole waterfall.
Most of the year, the waterfall of Girvas (new) is a stone slope, on the steps of which runs a small stream, turning in some places into a small lake. And, nevertheless, even in this state, Girvas is attractive for tourists. After all, about three billion years ago, a liquid flame was raging at this place. There was a volcano, which today is called Girvas. It was discovered only in the middle of the last century, when the flow of water washed away sandy sediments and the ancient volcano appeared before geologists in all its glory.
It is difficult for us to imagine, but many years ago, this area of \u200b\u200bKarelia was covered with mountains with a height of more than 6 kilometers. One of them was acting volcanowho regularly erupted. Last eruption According to scientists, about 2 billion years ago occurred.
Over time, the terrain varies. The glaciers "ironed" the mountains came here, smoothing them. Volcano Girvas did not exception, and therefore those who expect to see high volcano With the crater in the middle, waiting for disappointment.
Today you can see only the available fragments of the volcanic apparatus. This is the explosion tube, the side slope of the left cone and the vulcan zero stretching in the direction north-east. Its dimensions, 50x20 meters, affect the imagination. The Girlsky "Canyon" is filled with frozen lavam streams with pluggest and ball fragments. The latter are called volcanic bombs, they reach a meter in diameter, inside them are gas emptiness.
Some geologists argue that volcanic bombs pulled out of the Girls reached the place where Petrozavodsk is located today. Perhaps this is true, because the grand streams of lava occupy the total area of \u200b\u200bmore than a thousand square kilometers. The lava field, which includes fifteen threads, extends from Palevulkan to the Svynyolol. The thickness of the lava layer in some places exceeds one hundred meters.
Girvas (and volcano, and waterfall) is beautiful at any time of the year. During the water supply period, it affects the power of the water stream, the rest of the time it makes it possible to touch one of the oldest on the planet volcanoes. Locals believe that this place has a special energy that Palaisulican gives him. Tourists know about it and try to come here to get the charge of the healing energy, which is not enough for one year.
Photos: Down, along the waterfall Girvas.
It was pleasantly surprised by discovering this place.
The Volcano Girvas, in fact, not only I opened for myself, but also builders of the hydraulic station, which was built on the site of the waterfall of Girvas. Waterfall can now be seen only when they open the dam, then, by the way, and falls Kiwach It becomes more powerful and full.
Most of the time of Girvas is just the same volcano, not a waterfall. From the waterfall you can see only a small stream flowing down.
And about its power can except to remind the lakes, which accumulate at the bottom of the volcano.
Volcano Girvas, as you understand, was formed before the glacial period. Then the mountains were higher in Karelia, but it was at this place that Lava was flowing, which the glacier was rejuvenated later with the mountains.
Now in the Canyon of Girvas, you can see the frozen streams of lava and is striking, as you can literally touch your hand to one of the oldest volcanoes.
I read that the place is supposed to be allegedly some special energy, because Palenovulk is not just like that. And this is one of the places of power in Karelia. But I didn't feel anything esoteric than admiration. You may need to just be here longer here, and we were already in the evening and hurried to go back home.
You can transmit scale if you put a number of men. For example, the depth of the canyon becomes clear.
How to get to Volcanana Girvas
The easiest way, again, traveling in Karelia by car. The coordinates of the waterfall and volcano Girvas are: 62 ° 28'29 "s. sh.33 ° 40'54 "in. D.. If you navigate without a navigator, then you need to roll up at 514 kilometers from the R-21 R-21 track and drive 7 kilometers to the village of Girvas.
I advise everyone to add the item "Girvas" planning to your route in Karelia. Well, or you can use my finished)
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